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Vinod “Vin” Gupta was born on the 4th of July sometime during the mid-40s. He was born in a village north of New Delhi a short distance from Saharanpur. Vin Gupta grew up with only basic needs of food, water, and shelter. The availability of electricity, good roads, constant running water, and normal toilets was but a luxury to him.

Around 1964, Vin Gupta joined the Indian Air Force and he became a Flying Officer in the Engineering Department. Vin Gupta left the Air Force after 3 years, in 1967 having served as the leader of the 14th Squadron. Following his simplistic high school education in one of the schools in the village, Vin Gupta was lucky enough to be able to join I.I.T.

Kharagpur, taking on a degree major in the field of agricultural engineering. Vinod graduated in the same year with a B.Tech degree. Following his graduation, Vin Gupta was granted a position and a graduate internship at the University of Nebraska in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, which by then was under the sole management of Professor Bill Splinter. Dr. Splinter who discovered Vinod Gupta while he was in India teaching temporarily.

After graduating from the University of Nebraska, Vin Gupta relocated to Omaha, and he was able to get work as a marketing analyst at Commodore Corporation; a manufacturer of mobile homes that has over 10 factories within the US.

During his tenure at the company, Vinod Gupta was assigned to analyze the performance of their competitors. To come up with a solution, Vin Gupta acquired the list of all the mobile home dealer companies within the US.

After he got this work, he began to feel as if he could do more and in light of this, he went to a bank and borrowed $100 which he used to print out the list he gave to his company for free, only this time, he sold it to all the rival companies and he got over 100% and that’s how he began his life in business! See This Article to learn more.